Endpoint Security Engineer

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At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. Recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance and this is what it's all about.

About the role

The Endpoint Security Engineer is responsible for the engineering, configuration, and operational support of endpoint security capabilities across user endpoints and server assets, including physical and virtual environments. This role provides hands-on technical depth across the endpoint security ecosystem, supports policy and architectural direction, identifies gaps and emerging risks, and contributes to the long-term roadmap for tooling and capabilities across the enterprise. This role is based in Pittsburgh and requires presence in the office 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Endpoint Security Visibility & Coordination
  • Maintain a comprehensive, current-state understanding of endpoint security posture across workstations, laptops, and server assets in on-premises and virtualized environments.
  • Partner with technology, cybersecurity, risk, and platform teams responsible for endpoint and server security capabilities.
  • Provide integrated views and insights into coverage, maturity, and alignment across the endpoint security portfolio.
• Policy, Standards, & Architecture Leadership
  • Contribute to the development and evolution of enterprise endpoint security standards and reference architectures spanning both user endpoints and server environments.
  • Partner with enterprise architecture and control teams to define target-state capabilities and consistent security expectations across heterogeneous endpoint platforms.
  • Ensure architectural direction reflects evolving threats, regulatory expectations, and enterprise technology strategy.
  • Design, implement, and maintain endpoint security configurations, policies, and detection rules across enterprise tooling platforms.
• Gap Identification, Risk Transparency & Escalation
  • Identify material gaps, misalignments, or risk concentrations across endpoint and server security capabilities.
  • Coordinate stakeholders to assess issues, align on remediation approaches, and elevate risks appropriately through governance channels.
  • Support leadership and risk forums with clear articulation of endpoint security posture and priority concerns.
• Strategic Roadmap & Capability Planning
  • Contribute to the endpoint security strategic roadmap, encompassing capability evolution, technology lifecycle planning, and portfolio rationalization.
  • Evaluate and recommend tool selection, capability introduction, and de-duplication across endpoint and server security platforms.
  • Support investment planning and sequencing to ensure endpoint security capabilities advance cohesively and at enterprise scale.
  • Perform hands-on engineering work including tool deployment, integration, tuning, and troubleshooting across endpoint and server security platforms.

Requirements

• 8-12 years of experience in cybersecurity or infrastructure with demonstrated depth and breadth in endpoint security concepts and enterprise tooling ecosystems.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and drive alignment across diverse technical and organizational stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of security architecture, control frameworks, and endpoint engineering best practices.
• Hands-on experience with endpoint security platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, or equivalent EDR/EPP solutions.
• Excellent communication and synthesis skills, capable of producing clear technical documentation and executive-ready insights.

Benefits

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.